This flute was made by C.G. Conn in Elkhart, Indiana in 1905. It is a Boehm System flute, serial #9801, made of silver and gold plate with gold plated keys and an ebonite head joint with mother-of-pearl dots on the sides of the embouchure. This flute is engraved:
MADE BY
C.G. CONN
ELKHART
IND.
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